Ode to me
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        Ode to You
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Man                                                                  Patient,
moves through                                                   like ice
me like                                                                or
joy,                                                               a mountain
unnoticeable at first.                                          or
                                                                            the sky.
           Alive,
like that gasp of                                             Love,
air                                                                like Rumi
that bursts                                                      hidden,
forth only                                                      inside the
after                                                               medicine
a deep leap into                                             cabinet,under
a brisk                                                             the remote.
river.
                                                                  Love,
           Intent,                                                              like muscled
like a lone                                                      tireless
finger                                                                  hands
that maps the                                                       that continue
freckles, a                                                     to work          Â
constellation,                                                    even when
along a                                                            the light
yielding                                                       is low,
chest.                                                                 and flickering.
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Hankster    You are my love.   Queen V
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